Although, as a community, we did not reach our fundraising goal with our first Indiegogo Campaign, we have been able to make up some of the difference throughout the year from grants and donations.

 

We currently have over 150 dance groups registered to “Be The Momentum.” Our year-long fundraising efforts have allowed us to offer scholarship fee waivers to 37 of these groups to participate in the parade and festival. Click here to check out who else is dancing in the parade this year.

 

Thanks to discounted audio from our generous equipment vendors, All four stages for the Tompkins Square Park’s DanceFest are funded. Check out our DanceFest lineup here.

 

Unfortunately as an organization, we have had to make some hard choices because of the Indiegogo shortfall. We have had to cut back our Community Kinect Education program, that provides after-school fitness to NYC Parks and Recreation Centers, but we have fully funded “Ageless Action”, FREE dance programs in four sites: Ft. Hamilton Senior Center (Brooklyn), Hansborough Recreation Center (Washington Heights), Chelsea Recreation Center (Manhattan) and The Lenox Hill Senior Center (Manhattan).  Click here to learn more about our Community Engagement Programs.

 

            

 

We’ve offered classes to hundreds of seniors and many will be dancing down Broadway with us this year for the first time. Seniors not able to dance in the streets will be aboard Dance Parade’s Grand Marshal float with celebrities Savion Glover and Jawole Zollar. There’s still plenty of time for you to contribute to the 8th Annual Dance Parade. Click here to donate or volunteer to help make May 17th an amazing day for tens of thousands of fellow New Yorkers and dancers from around the world.  We appreciate your support!

 

 

Opening sets by House Coalition's DJ Curly & Brian Cox 3:00 pm

Barbara Tucker with special guest House For The Homeless Choir 4:00 pm

Jeannie Hopper 4:30 pm

Hex Hector 5:30 pm

 

NYC Bhangra - Indian Bhangra 3:00 pm

Modern Suzanne Beahrs 3:30 pm

Jamaican Dancehall - Rick Long 4:00 pm

Salsa - Sabor 4:30 pm

Swing Dance - Frankie Manning Style! 5:00 pm

Waacking - Princess Lockerooo, Peridance 5:30 pm

Tap - Ben Nathan / TapUnity 6:00 pm

Hip-Hop - Ant Boogie, Broadway Dance Center 6:30 pm

 

Paul Taylor Teen Ensemble

Navatman Dance

Fully Focused Dance Intensive

Danse Sur Le Rouge

Mazarte Dance Group

Eglevsky Ballet of Long Island

Syncopated City Dance Company

Marsha Parrilla/Danza Organica

The Pink Tutu Ballet

Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

Grand Marshal Awards: Jawole Zollar (Urban Bush Women), Savion Glover & Hex Hector

Saung Budaya

Princess Lockerooo & Waack-Action Heroes

Na Oiwi NYC

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama

Herencia

Dance2Heartbeat NYC

Ting Dance & Dancers

American Swiss Ballet NY

The New York Raqs Sharqi All Stars

Neville Dance Theatre

Yosakoi Dance Project - 10tecomai

KTMDI - Korean Traditional Music and Dance Institute

Xianix Barrera & Sabor Flamenco

Dancing Rubies

Red Silk Dancers

Sabor: Columbias First Latino Dance Troupe

Kathakas

Sol Dance Center

Blues Dance New York

Dance Manhattan

Jo-Me Dance

Shushi Armenian Dance Ensemble

Latin Dance Connection Hustle Dancers

Energy in the Middle

 

Dance Parade's Community Engagement Program with Shireen Dickson

Ballet Folklorico Xochitquetzal

House of the Roses

Aveia

Queens Dance Fusion

Hoboken Hip Hop

The Shakedown

Breaking Ground Dance Center

Lei Pasifika

Seekers Of Knowledge

Dance For Life

Jules Legacy Dancers

High Definition Dance

Manhattan Andaaz

Body Roll

Divas Beyond Belief

Swing Band Dance

 

 

 

New York Music In Motion

The Cocoon Project

BatalaNYC-AfroBrazilian Samba Reggae

Marni's Imagination On Ice

SkyBody Aerial Entertainment and Fitness

Spiral Effect

Thrill The World NYC

TOAD Armada

Manhattan Tribal

 

 

 

 

 

Dance Parade, Inc. is a volunteer supported non-profit organization! It is the dedication, expertise and rhythm of these brave few that are solely responsible for the success of the event and all the background work that goes on all year long leading up to the parade and festival. Every month, we choose a different volunteer to spotlight. We ask them a few questions to let you know who they are, where they’ve come from and where they see themselves in the future.  This month, we feature Jamila Holman, Our Co-Producer of DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park! 

 

 

Audio Dance Parade is a podcast series curated by our very own Chauncey featuring DJs from around the world as well as those who have and still participate in the parade year after year! Check out more mixes by subsribing to 'Audio Dance Parade' on iTunes or visiting our page on Podomatic here. Enjoy!  

 

                

 

 

Interested in being an official Dance Parade paparazzi?

 

First, fill out our Press Pass Registration form here.

We will be holding a very special photography contest again this year and winning photographs will be featured in the first ever annual Dance Parade Photo Yearbook, a coffee table style art book that will be given out to high level donors and esteemed participants. More details to be revealed soon!  Photo by Lawrence Parker, 2012 Photo Contest Winner.

 

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• What is the NYDP? - A group of 60 uniformed "NYDP" (New York City Dance Police) officers will be ticketing "bystanders" who are not moving or dancing.  The citations direct violators to go to a dance court listed on the reverse side. Dance Courts are coupons for free dance lessons.  Big Meet & Greet Scheduled for Saturday, May 3rd 5pm!  Read more...

 

- Rudolf Nureyev

 

 

 

Erick Morillo will be at the helm of Pacha NYC’s Dance Parade float–leading a parade of dancers to celebrate electronic dance music – Subliminal style! And he wants YOU to join him!

 

The parade kicks off at 1PM at 22nd Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway with the house, techno, and disco floats taking you into the heart of the East Village. The annual event culminates with an eclectic DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park.   Those dancing with Pacha are to meet at 1:30 pm to start the festivities down Broadway at 2:00 pm and add the finishing touches to a beautiful day as the final float in the parade!

 

Register to dance with Pacha! The parade is open to all ages and custom Pacha goodies will be handed out! REGISTER HERE

 

 

This ain’t no Easter Parade. The Dance Parade makes its way through the streets of NYC today, with Chairman of the Board Erick Morillo leading the way! Expect floats, costumes, go-go boys, girls and everything in between. But we're not done yet. The Subliminal head honcho moves the party to Pacha tonight, for a celebration of the foundation of everything that makes nightclubs great – and, as a wise woman once said, the vertical expression of a horizontal desire. #ERICKSBACK! Saturday May 17th, the chairman of the board Erick Morillo returns to Pacha NYC!

 

- Final Group Coordinator Meeting Wednesday May 7th 6pm-8pm at Jefferson Market Library  Click for more info

- Who Are Our 2014 Grand Marshals?  Click for more info

- Who's Performing In The Parade This Year?  Click for full list of participants

- Where Does The Parade Start?  Click for route

- Where Does The Parade End?  Click for DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park

- What Is Our Community Engagement Program?  Click to learn more

 

- Become A Volunteer!  Here are some important roles we need filled:

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